Joe Donnelly

Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly Sr. (29 September 1955-) was a US Senator from Indiana (D) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Richard Lugar. Donnelly had previously served in the US House of Representatives as a member of Indiana's 2nd district from 3 January 2007 to 3 January 2013, succeeding Chris Chocola and preceding Jackie Walorski.

Biography
Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. was born in Massapequa, Long Island, New York on 29 September 1955. He moved to South Bend, Indiana in 1973 to study at the University of Notre Dame, graduating with a juris doctor in 1981. Donnelly worked for Nemeth, Feeney, and Masters until 1996, when he opened his own printing and rubber-stamp company. Donnelly served on the Marian High School Board from 1997 to 2001, and he was narrowly defeated by Republican Party member Chris Chocola during his run for the 4th congressional district in 2004. However, he defeated the pro-George W. Bush Chocola in the 2006 election, and he became a member of the moderate Blue Dog Democrats in the US Congress. In 2012, he was elected to the US Senate, and he suppored progressive taxation and organized labor, while he opposed abortion and same-sex marriage; he later supported same-sex marriage.